After Trump’s victory in Iowa
Extreme right-wing candidate Vivek Ramaswamy gives up
January 16, 2024, 7:53 a.m
Donald Trump wins the primary election for the Republican presidential candidate in the US state of Iowa by a wide margin. Afterwards, one candidate gives up: Vivek Ramaswamy, who attracted attention with particularly radical statements. He is now advising his voters to choose a specific candidate.
The field of applicants for the US Republican presidential candidacy is thinning. Former biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy declared the end of his campaign after his disappointing performance in the Iowa caucuses. The 38-year-old recommended that his supporters instead give their vote to former President Donald Trump, who won the traditional start of the primaries with over 50 percent, according to calculations by the news channel CNN.
Ramaswamy started the race as an outsider. In the first round of the primaries, which traditionally takes place in Iowa, he only got an estimated 7.7 percent after partial results were counted. According to preliminary forecasts, he ended up well behind in fourth place. Trump, in turn, was clearly ahead of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who achieved 21.2 percent, and the former UN ambassador and ex-governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, who achieved 19.1 percent.
The political newcomer Ramaswamy had appeared as a loyal supporter of Trump from the start, but had promoted himself with the argument that he was younger and ready to implement his role model’s ideas even more consistently.
Upcoming New Hampshire primaries
According to forecasts, Trump clearly won the primary election in Iowa by 32 percentage points. Strictly speaking, the primaries in the agricultural state of Iowa have only limited significance; But they are symbolically important and can influence the dynamics of the race. Trump has been leading the pre-election polls by a large margin for a long time.
The next primary election will take place on January 23rd in the state of New Hampshire. In the primary elections, the Republicans will decide who they will send into the actual presidential election in November as a challenger against incumbent Joe Biden. Biden is seen as set by the Democrats.